Diastolic Blood Pressure of Male Smokers vs Non-smokers

By Paul R & Steve G

The median (or 50^th percentile) diastolic bp for non smokers is clearly lower than the median of smokers.

Here is a two sample T-Test for each of the groups:

Two sample T for Male Non-smoker BP vs Male Smoker BP

N Mean StDev SE Mean

Male Non 9 71.1 16.2 5.4

Male Smo 12 77.1 16.2 4.7

95% CI for mu Male Non - mu Male Smo: ( -21.1, 9.1)

T-Test mu Male Non = mu Male Smo (vs not =): T = -0.83 P = 0.42 DF = 17

The high p-value, .42, allows us to conclude that there is not significant difference between the diastolic blood pressures of the two groups.